1Department of Radiology, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore.
2Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore. E-mail: raosumanv@rediffmail.com
The birth of a child with ambiguous genitalia is hugely disturbing to the parents. Apart from the bewildering array of differential diagnoses to be considered and excluded, it is also a sensitive issue with numerous psychological, social, religious and cultural issues associated with it. In this article, we discuss the role of various imaging modalities that could help the clinician in gender assignment; an attempt has also been made to simplify the diagnostic dilemma by use of flow charts.
